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Best of the decade: Top SGH stories of the 2010s

31 Dec 2019

As the decade closes, let us look back at the biggest SGH stories and events.

60 years working in SGH: Uncle Kwan (2013), Principal Radiographer Mr Ng Hon Wing (2014) & Senior Principal Physiotherapist Mr Albert Lee (2017) and the many pioneers in our midst
Healthcare beyond hospital walls: Pre-hospital emergency care and their arrays of innovations & Regional Health System with their work in the community
Digitalisation of Records: Implementation of NEHR (2011), SingHealth Data Breach (2018)
Rise of eServices & mobile apps to empower patients: Healthbuddy, Make/Change appointment, ePayment, accessing personal medical records
SGH Campus Masterplan (2016): Interconnected Healthcare Ecosystem
Clinical Excellence: Burn (Megan Loy and she's inspired to become a doctor), Transplant (blood group incompatible living donor liver transplant)... this list can go on and on
Passing of Founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (2015) - From the initial flowers and well-wishes at the make-shift tent at The Quad to the outpouring of grief, it was unforgettable
Hepatitis C outbreak: 25 cases of infection amongst patients (2015)
3rd Best Hospital in the World (2019)

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Last updated on 31 Dec 2019